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Citizen Kane (1941) 15 March 2025

1941 drama, dir. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore; ImdB / allmovie. The newspaper magnate has died, and a reporter goes looking for a unique angle on the story that everybody is writing.

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Neighbourly Games 10 March 14 March 2025

More gaming with nearby friends.

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Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail, Ashley Herring Blake 13 March 2025

2022 romance, second of its trilogy. After her disastrous engagement fell apart (last book), Astrid has thrown herself into her interior design business, but it hasn't been going well. The renovation of the old hotel is her last chance, and it's going to be televised…

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No Country For Old Men (2007) 12 March 2025

2007 neo-noir, dir. Joel and Ethan Coen, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem; IMDb / allmovie. When you find a bunch of dead guys and a lot of money in the desert, obviously you take the money. What could go wrong?

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Dangerous Deceptions, Sarah Zettel 11 March 2025

2014 historical adventure, second of its trilogy. Margaret Fitzroy helped to uncover a Jacobite plot at the court of the Princess of Wales, but that doesn't mean anyone actually likes her. And an unwanted engagement has resurfaced…

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Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) 10 March 2025

1976 action, dir. John Carpenter, Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston; IMDb / allmovie. The old police station's being decommissioned, and a skeleton crew just has to get through one last night,

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The Weekly Challenge 311: Lower the Sum 09 March 2025

I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved case swapping and character grouping. (Note that this ends today.)

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Simon, Rosemary Sutcliff 08 March 2025

1953 historical fiction for young people. Simon Carey the son of a successful farmer, and Amias Hannaford the son of the doctor, grow up the best of friends. But then the King raises his standard, and their friendship is split by the Civil War…

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The Third Man (1949) 07 March 2025

1949 drama, dir. Carol Reed, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles IMDb / allmovie. The innocent arrives in post-war Vienna to accept a job with a friend…

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Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, C. S. Forester 06 March 2025

1950 Napoleonic naval fiction, sixth written but first by internal chronology. The young Hornblower goes to sea for the first time.

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Battleship Potemkin (1925) 05 March 2025

1925 epic drama, dir. Sergei Eisenstein: IMDb / allmovie. The heroic sailors of the Potemkin will not stand for this!

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Ghostdrift, Suzanne Palmer 04 March 2025

2024 SF, fourth and probably last of its series. Fergus settled down as a beach bum in the back end of nowhere to try to hide from the many people who don't have his wellbeing in mind, but it was only a matter of time until someone tracked him down.

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The Big Short 03 March 2025 - 2 comments

2015 dramatised non-fiction, dir. Adam McKay: IMDb / allmovie. The not particularly true story of how Just One Guy predicted the 2008 financial collapse.

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The Weekly Challenge 310: Odd Arrays 02 March 2025

I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved set intersections and a complex sort. (Note that this ends today.)

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All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace 01 March 2025 - 1 comment

2011 documentary in three episodes. Adam Curtis is very keen that you should agree with him.

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